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   Xavier Cugat (Catalan: [ʃəβiˈe kuˈɣat]; 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was a Spanish musician and bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music.

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3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0191265Xavier Cugat - Biography - IMDb

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   Learn about the life and career of Xavier Cugat, a Spanish-born bandleader who popularized the rumba in America. Find out his birth and death dates, family, awards, trivia, quotes and film appearances.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1900

   • Death Date: October 27, 1990

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   Aug 27, 2018 · Xavier Cugat The Best Of Xavier Cugat HQ Music Full Album. professor rainold. 4.5K subscribers. Subscribed.

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Xavier-CugatXavier Cugat | Cuban Bandleader, Latin Jazz, Mambo King

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   Xavier Cugat was a bandleader who introduced Latin American dance music to wide audiences in the United States. Cugat proved a violin prodigy while growing up in Havana, Cuba, earned enough money to finance his family’s move to Brooklyn, N.Y., and accompanied tenor Enrico Caruso on a world tour at.

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   Xavier Cugat was a Spanish-born bandleader and composer who popularized Latin music in the US. He appeared in several MGM musicals and won two Emmys for his TV shows.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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   Oct 28, 1990 · The Spanish-born bandleader who popularized the rumba in North America died of heart failure in Barcelona at age 90. He was a musical child prodigy, a classical violinist, a radio soloist, a movie star and a discoverer of talent.

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   Who is Xavier Cugat?

   • Xavier Cugat. Soundtrack: Two Weeks Notice. Born in Spain, Xavier Cugat's family moved to Havana, Cuba, when he was three. Always musically inclined, he packed up and moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times newspaper during the day and labored to put together a band at night.

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   How did Xavier Cugat die?

   • Xavier Cugat, the popular Spanish-born bandleader who introduced many Latin American rhythms to North American audiences, died of heart failure yesterday at the Quiron Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, his doctors said in a statement issued there. He was 90 years old.

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   Why is Xavier Cugat called rumba king?

   • In the '30s and '40s he was nicknamed "The Rumba King" because of his popularization of that Latin dance. In Cugat's film appearances he usually played himself, even if the character had a name other than Xavier Cugat, and he and his band appeared in several memorable MGM musicals in the '40s. After suffering a stroke in 1971, Xavier Cugat retired.

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   How did Xavier Cugat become famous?

   • Seeing how popular the dance was becoming, Cugat convinced the owner to hire South American dancers to give tango lessons. This, too, became popular, and Cugat made the dancers part of his orchestra. In 1928 he turned his act into the film Xavier Cugat and His Gigolos. He worked for the Los Angeles Times as a cartoonist.

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10. www.xaviercugat.comXavier Cugat i Mingall

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    Xavier Cugat i Mingall. He was a Catalan-American musician and native of Catalonia who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music in United States popular music.